Biography
Denisse Rodriguez Olivari is a Visiting Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance. Her professional background has been primarily academic and policy analysis of anti-corruption and integrity using an interdisciplinary approach (law, political science and development studies) focusing on transnational judicial cooperation, public integrity, illicit money flows, and political and corporate corruption. Her broader research agenda also includes the use of AI in anti-corruption and democracy, gender and politics, electoral finance, organised crime, and informal economies.
She is finishing her doctoral manuscript at Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin - Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). She holds a master’s in international development with a specialisation in Politics and Governance from the University of Manchester – Global Development Institute (former Institute for Development Policy and Management). She also completed a postgraduate certificate from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) while participating in the Hansard Research Scholar Programme. She holds a bachelor’s degree (with studies in Law) from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru.
Denisse’s professional and academic journey has been enriched by several years of international experience working and studying in Peru, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Germany. She is particularly interested in bridging the academia-policy gap. Her analysis and commentaries are frequently featured on Bloomberg, BBC, New York Times, CNN, Deutsche Welle, and Financial Times, among others. She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. She has a working knowledge of German and a basic understanding of Catalan.
Furthermore, she is deeply committed to promoting diversity and inclusion. As a young woman from the ‘Global South’, Denisse believes the public debate should include underrepresented voices. She enjoys mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students and founded the NGO Voceras to close the gender gap in Peru. She received an Alumni Volunteer of the Year award from the University of Manchester.